Container List

Cartons 1-4

SERIES 1: CORRESPONDENCE, 1865-1962.

Scope and Content Note

The files contain both incoming and outgoing letters, and occasionally include related materials. Annotations in a hand other
than Parsons' are found on many of the incoming letters; these appear to have been used to briefly summarize the subject and
content of a given letter, and not as filing indicators. File headings which were added during processing include: California
State Officials, United States Congress, United States Presidents and State Department Officials, and Miscellaneous Government
Officials. These contain letters written to or from various government officials and agencies in support of or about social
causes of interest to Parsons. At the end of the series is a miscellany listed by type of correspondence, including: anonymous
letters, telegrams, letters to Parsons from soldiers fighting in World Wars I and II, a small group of letters written to
Bishop Kip by various correspondents, during his years as Bishop of California, and unidentified or fragmentary letters, both
incoming and outgoing. A small amount of family correspondence is found in Series 9: Personal and Family Papers. Following
what appears to have been Parsons' original filing scheme, correspondence is also found in many of the other series, especially
Series 5: Organizations and Subject Files, 1886-1958. In addition, Parsons selected significant amounts of his original correspondence
to pull for use by Massey Shepherd in the preparation of his biography, and these letters are retained with Parsons' notes
to Shepherd in Series 10.

Ctn. 1, folder 1

A miscellany1917-1957

folder 2

Adams, Carlyle1943-1946

folder 3

Aked, Charles F. (Charles Federic), 1864-19261913-1914

folder 4

Ambrose, Emily1924-1948

folder 5

Ambruster, Howard W.1948-1951

folder 6

Anderson, C. P.1914-1919

folder 7

Aoki, Gladys1928-1932

folder 8

Archbishop of Canterbury1928-1943

folder 9

Atkinson, Henry A. (Henry Avery), b. 18771918-1947

folder 10

Austin, Perry G. M.1948-1951

folder 11-13

B miscellany1914-1956

folder 14

Bailey, Frances E.1948-1951

folder 15

Baker, James Chamberlain, 1879-19691937-1948

folder 16

Baldwin, Ralph H.1913-1918

folder 17

Baldwin, Roger Nash, 1884-1935-1946

folder 18

Bayne, Stephen F. (Stephen Fielding), 1908-19741947-1951

folder 19

Beardsley, Addison S.1913

folder 20

Bell, Bernard Iddings, 1886-1958n.d.

folder 21

Bell, Theodore1938-1939

folder 22

Bennett, John C. (John Coleman), 1902-1941-1955

folder 23

Bennett, William Montgomery1942-1951

folder 24

Benson, Eugene [K.]1914-1950

folder 25

Besig, Ernest1941-1959

folder 26

Bishop of Chichester1930-1954

folder 27

Bishop of London1926-1948

folder 28

Block, Karl Morgan1938-1957

folder 29

Bloodgood, Francis J.1942-1945

folder 30

Bowie, W. Russell (Walter Russell), 1882-19691925-1955

folder 31

Braden, Henry Robert1917-1918

folder 32

Bradley, Ernest1942-1950

folder 33

Brookman, Donald1913-1954

folder 34

Brown, Alice M. (Alice Margaret), b. 18651939-1940

folder 35-36

C miscellany1913-1955

folder 37

[California State Officials]1930-1954

folder 38

Cambridge, Walter H.1914-1937

folder 39

Castledine, Edwin1929

folder 40

Charles Scribner's Sons1932-1946

folder 41

The Christian Union Quarterly (by Peter Ainslie)
1927-1933

folder 42

The Churchman1913-1915

folder 43

Clarke, Maurice / The Cloister Press1935-1943

folder 44

Coffin, B. H.1917-1918

folder 45

Coffin, Henry Sloane, 1877-19541923-1940

folder 46

Common Sensen.d.

folder 47

Count, Earl Wendell, 1899-1936-1951

folder 48

Crocker, William H.1927-1933

folder 49

Cummins, Alexander G.1928-1946

folder 50

D miscellany1914-1954

folder 51

Daly, John Nariann.d.

folder 52

Davis, Cameron F.1943-1946

folder 53

Davis, Wellesleyn.d.

folder 54

Day, Gardiner Mumford, 1900-1942-1955

folder 55

Deems, Charles and Ruth1944-1955

folder 56

DeMille, George E. (George Edmed), 1898-1953-1955

folder 57

DeWitt, William A.1913-1947

folder 58

DeWolfe, James P.1950-1952

folder 59

Douglas, George William1913-1920

folder 60

Dun, Angus1934-1955

folder 61

E miscellany1914-1950

folder 62

Ellis, James L.1941-1942

folder 63

Evans, Allen1940-1955

folder 64

F miscellany1914-1956

folder 65

Fenner, Goodrick R.1945-1955

folder 66

Field, Sara Bard, 1882-19741952-1954

folder 67

Fisher, Samuel Herbert, 1867-1942-1946

folder 68

Fiske, Charles1927-1934

folder 69

Fletcher, Joseph F.1941-1953

Ctn. 2, folder 1-2

G miscellany1917-1956

folder 3

Garfield, James1952-1956

folder 4

Goodrich, Chauncey W.1934-1955

folder 5

Grace, Paul1934

folder 6

Grant, Frederick C. (Frederick Clifton), 1891-19741932-1949

folder 7

Green, Oscar F.1937-1952

folder 8

Guerard, Albert1954-1960

folder 9

Guthrie, William Norman, 1868-19441913-1956

folder 10-12

H miscellany1912-1955

folder 13

Havenner, Franck Roberts, 1882-1945-1951

folder 14

Hibbard, Charles H.1922-1928

folder 15

Higgs, William1914-1941

folder 16

Hobson, Henry W.1935-1954

folder 17

Hodgkin, Anita Adela (Copacene)1926-1943

folder 18

Hodgkin, W. R. H.1913-1939

folder 19

Hodgson, Leonard, 1889-1947-1949

folder 20

Hopkins, John Henry1928-1944

folder 21

Huntington, W. R.1900-1912

folder 22

I miscellany1933-1954

folder 23

J miscellany1913-1952

folder 24

Jackson, Eric W.1949-1955

folder 25

Jenkins, Thomas1933-1943

folder 26

Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-19661947-1948

folder 27

Johnson, Joseph H.1913-1919

folder 28

Jones, Bayard Hale, 1887-19571914-1954

folder 29

K miscellany1913-1953

folder 30

Kean, Charles D.1947-1951

folder 31-32

Kelley, Harold H.1910-1958

folder 33

Kniskern, Maynard1949-1950

folder 34-35

L miscellany1913-1953

folder 36

Lathrop, Charles N.1916-1946

folder 37

Lawrence, William Appleton1900-1953

folder 38

Leake, Chauncey Depew, 1896-1942-1948

folder 39

Leffler, John Compton, 1900-1933-1938

folder 40

Lines, Edwin L.1914-1915

folder 41

The Living Church1943-1954

folder 42

Ludlow, Theodore R.1941-1950

folder 43

Lunn, Sir Henry1927-1931

folder 44-47

M miscellany1914-1955

folder 48

Macon, Clifton1921-1946

folder 49

Manning, William T.1913-1944

folder 50

Marshall, Thomas Chalmers, b. 18681913-1915

Ctn. 3, folder 1

Meiklejohn, Alexander, 1872-19641943-1949

folder 2

Melish, John Howard, 1874-1910-1956

folder 3

Melish, J. William1947-1952

folder 4

Merrix, A. Ronald1942-1955

folder 5

Miller, Persis1940-1941

folder 6

Morehouse, Clifford P.1940-1950

folder 7

Morehouse, Frederick Cook1913-1930

folder 8

Moulton, Arthur W.1940-1944

folder 9

Murphy, Charles T.1915

folder 10

N miscellany1913-1950

folder 11

Nash, Norman B.1947-1953

folder 12

Nichols, Harry P.1926-1927

folder 13

Nichols, John W.1934-1940

folder 14

Nichols, William Ford, 1849-19241900-1927

folder 15

Neibuhr, Reinhold and Ursula M.1951

folder 16

O miscellany1913-1956

folder 17

Ohlhoff, J. Harry (Henry)1914-1956

folder 18

O'Moore, Maurice1941-1943

folder 19

Oxford University Press1947-1948

folder 20-21

P miscellany1913-1956

folder 22

Page, Herman1915-1937

folder 23

Palache, Whitney1913-1918

folder 24

Patton, J. Lindsay1936-1939

folder 25

Pepper, George Wharton, 1867-19611914-1949

folder 26

Perry, James DeWolfe, Bp., 1871-1915-1949

folder 27

Pinchot, Gifford1926-1946

folder 28

Porter, Noel1930-1948

folder 29

The Protestant (by Kenneth Leslie)
1945-1947

folder 30

Q miscellany1939-1948

folder 31-33

R miscellany1912-1953

folder 34

Reed, Harry Lothrop1943-1957

folder 35

Remington, William P.1933-1945

folder 36

Riddle, Sturgis1937

folder 37-40

Robbins, Howard Chandler, 1876-19521929-1943

folder 41

Roots, Logan H.1917-1945

folder 42-45

S miscellany1913-1955

folder 46-47

Salter, Katharine Hayden1943-1945

folder 48

Sanford, Louis Childs, 1867-19481913-1955

folder 49

Savidge, J. Foster1924-1947

folder 50-52

Scarlett, William, Bp. 1883-1929-1955

Ctn. 4, folder 1

Schneider, Marguerite1914

folder 2

Severance, Kendall1914

folder 3

Shepherd, Massey Hamilton, 1913-1947-1962

folder 4

Sherman French Company1913-1914

folder 5

Sherrill, Henry Knox, Bp., 1890-1946-1952

folder 6

Shipler, Guy Emery /
The Churchman1941-1952

folder 7

Shires, Henry Herbert, 1886-1933-1947

folder 8

Slattery, Charles Lewis, 1867-19301915-1929

folder 9

Spaulding, John C. and Ester1943-1951

folder 10

Spencer, Irving1915

folder 11-12

Spofford, William B.1933-1955

folder 13

Stanford University1936-1951

folder 14

Stevens, W. Bertram1922-1944

folder 15

Stone, Frank1941-1954

folder 16

Strider, Robert Edward Lee, 1917-1935-1947

folder 17

Suter, John W[allace?]1916-1947

folder 18-20

T miscellany1914-1953

folder 21

Theroux, George F.1943

folder 22

Thomas, Henry B.1942-1955

folder 23

Touret, Frank Hale1921-1938

folder 24

Trelease, Richard1918-1951

folder 25

Tsukamoto, J. K.1942-1954

folder 26

Tucker, Beverly D.1946-1950

folder 27

Tucker, Gardiner L.1933-1940

folder 28

Tucker, Henry St. George, Bp., 1874-1939-1945

folder 29

Tyrer, A. N.1925-1937

folder 30

U miscellany1917-1957

folder 31

Union Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y.1914-1949

folder 32

[United States Congress]1919-1955

folder 33

[United States Presidents and State Department Officials]1942-1951

folder 34

University of California1914-1950

folder 35

V miscellany1913-1957

folder 36

Van Bokkelen, William A. M.1914-1922

folder 37

Van Dusen, Henry P.1940-1951

folder 38-41

W miscellany1913-1954

folder 42

Wedel, Theodore O.1942-1956

folder 43

Weigle, Britton D.1919-1946, n.d.

folder 44

White, D. Lynn Jr.1923-1946

folder 45

Whittemore, Norman C.1914-1927

folder 46

Wickes, Thomas and Francis1915-1918

folder 47

Williams, Francis G.1912-1913

folder 48

Wilmer, C. B.1913-1941

folder 49

Y-Z miscellany1927-1944

folder 50

Yavden-Trebell [Yavdynsky], J. A.1951-1953

folder 51

Young, Bradford1930-1934

folder 52

Zabriskie, Alexander1942-1953

folder 53

Anonymous Letters1909, n.d.

folder 54

[From Miscellaneous Government Officials]1941-1948

folder 55

[From Soldiers in WW I and II]1918-1945

folder 56

"Open Letters"n.d.

folder 57

Telegrams1904-1954

folder 58

Unidentified and Fragments by Parsons1918-1954, n.d.

folder 59-60

Unidentified and Fragments to Parsons1892-1954, n.d.

folder 61

Neither to nor from1926-1945

folder 62

To Bishop Kip from others1865-1907

Carton 5, folders 1-11

SERIES 2: ST. MARK'S RECTORY FILES, 1904-1953.

Scope and Content Note

A small collection of correspondence and other materials related to Parsons' early years as Rector of St. Mark's Church in
Berkeley, California.
See Series 6: Sermons and Addresses for texts or notes of sermons and addresses Parsons delivered at St. Mark's.

Ctn. 5, folder 1-3

Vestry1910-1916, n.d.

folder 4

Berkeley Municipal Policy1914-1918

folder 5

General Board of Christian Education1915-1918

folder 6-9

St. Mark's Club1914-1918

folder 10

Form Letters1916-1918

folder 11

Ephemera1904-1953

Carton 5, folders 12-39, Carton 6, Carton 7, folders 1- 11

SERIES 3: DIOCESAN FILES, 1890-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Divided into 4 subseries: Diocese of California, Related Institutions, Parishes and Missions, and Other Diocese. Although
Diocesan Files contains material collected throughout Parsons' life, the series primarily concerns Parsons' career as Coadjutor
and Bishop. Includes correspondence and general administrative materials from the Diocese of California and its related institutions,
as well as from other diocese in California and the West. The bulk of this series consists of files kept for each parish or
mission under Parsons' care in the Diocese.

DIOCESE OF CALIFORNIA

Ctn. 5, folder 12-15

Correspondence1918-1949

folder 16-18

Annual Clergy Conference1917-1939

folder 19

Standing Committee1917-1934

folder 20

Treasurer's Reports1917-1937

folder 21

Board of Christian Education1912-1953

folder 22

Committee of Diocesan Organization1914-1916

folder 23

Committee to Study Diocesan Overhead and Policy1935-1936

folder 24

Diocesan Statisticsca. 1910-1930

folder 25

East Bay Conference on Christian Faith, Work and Unity1938

folder 26

General Information about Diocese1914-1929

folder 27-33

Annual Conventions1890-1919

folder 34

Clippingsn.d.

RELATED INSTITUTIONS

Ctn. 5, folder 35

Canon Kip Community House1937-1944

folder 36-40

Church Divinity School of the Pacific1915-1960

Ctn. 6, folder 1

St. Dorothy's Rest1943-1944

folder 2-4

St. Luke's Hospital1924-1939

folder 5-9

St. Margaret's House1913-1950

folder 10

Seaman's Church Institute1938-1944

PARISHES AND MISSIONS

Convocation of San Francisco:

San Francisco

Ctn. 6, folder 11-15

Grace Cathedral1926-1945

folder 16

St. James1933-1942

folder 17-18

St. Luke's1920-1945

folder 19-20

St. Mary the Virgin1920-1940

folder 21-23

St. Paul's1919-1934

folder 24

St. Peter's1931

folder 25-27

Trinity1920-1939

folder 28

San Rafael1920-1939

folder 29

Sausalito1924-1940

folder 30

Miscellaneous1917-1950

Convocation of Oakland:

Berkeley and Oakland

folder 31

St. Clement's1933-1949

folder 32

St. Paul's1936-1937

folder 33

San Leandro1932-1936

folder 34

Walnut Creek1921-1939

Convocation of San Jose:

folder 35

Monterey 1924-1942

folder 36

Palo Alto1919-1957

folder 37

San Jose1919-1936

Ctn. 7, folder 1

San Luis Obispo1919-1938

folder 2

San Mateo1926-1940

folder 3

Santa Clara1922-1932

folder 4-6

Santa Cruz1920-1939

folder 7

Saratoga/Sunnyvale1920-1936

folder 8

Watsonville1920-1940

OTHER DIOCESE

Ctn. 7, folder 9

Diocese of Los Angeles1931-1953

folder 10

Other Western Diocese and Missions1917-1943

folder 11

Other United States Diocese1935-1953

Carton 7, folders 12-50, Cartons 8-14

SERIES 4: NATIONAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH FILES, 1880-1956.

Scope and Content Note

Because of Parsons' extensive work in several areas, such as the Commission on Approaches to Unity and the Prayer Book Revisions,
material from various committees and other bodies working on the same topic within the church have been brought together for
accessibility, insofar as was possible. The collection covers Parsons' career within the Episcopal Church from his early days
as a student.

PROVINCE VIII

Ctn. 7, folder 12

Correspondence1931-1950

folder 13

Annual Synods1929-1937

folder 14

Provincial House of Bishops1941, n.d.

folder 15

Executive Committee - 8th Province, Chairman1915

folder 16

Provincial Board of Religious Education1915

folder 17

Committee on Relations of the Province to the National Church1933-1942

folder 18

Committee on Translation of Diocesan Bishops1930

folder 19

Provincial Commission on Christian Healing1925

folder 20-21

San Joaquin Mission1936-1948

folder 22-42

Journals of the Synod1917-1940

GENERAL CONVENTION

Ctn. 7, folder 43-48

General Convention1901-1914

Ctn. 8, folder 1-14

General Convention1919-1955

COMMISSIONS, JOINT-COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES, AND CONFERENCES

Ctn. 8, folder 15-21

Commission on Approaches to Unity1928-1941

Ctn. 9, folder 1-21

Commission on Approaches to Unity1942-1957

folder 22

Notebook on Committee on Unity1930

folder 23-25

Joint Commission on Approaches to Unity1943-1957

Ctn. 10, folder 1-2

Joint Commission on Approaches to Unity1941-1957

folder 3

Commission on Christian Morality and Organic Unity1928-1935

folder 4

Joint Commission on Closer Relations Looking Toward Unity1932-1959

folder 5

Joint Commission on Organic Unity1937-1939

folder 6-10

Church Unity Correspondence1919-1956

folder 11

Church Union Association1925-1930

folder 12

Church Unity - Parsons' notesn.d.

folder 13

Committee on Church Union1939-1941

folder 14-15

Diocesan Committee on Unity[1942]

folder 16

Conferences on Church Co-operation and Union1925-1940

folder 17

Joint Conference on Church Unity, Atlantic City1930

folder 18-19

Joint Conference on Organic Unity1925-1941

folder 20

Augustana Synod Report1935

folder 21-23

Miscellaneous Church Unityn.d.

Ctn. 11, folder 1-15

Prayer Book Commission1908-1961

folder 16

Committee on Prayer Book Revision1912-1916, n.d.

folder 17

Report on Book of Common Prayer1892

folder 18

Second Report on Book of Common Prayer1919

folder 19

Commission on Rubrics of Common Prayer1912

folder 20-21

Liturgical Commission1912-1961

folder 22-23

Prayer Bookca. 1880-1890

folder 24

Commission on Adapting Deaconesses1918-1939

folder 25-26

Commission on Deaconesses1909-1943

Ctn. 12, folder 1

Commission on Ecclesiastical Relations1933-1946

folder 2

French-American Committee on Standards1951

folder 3

Joint Sub-Committee on Joint Ordination1941-1942

folder 4

Joint Commission on Marriage and Divorce1916-1947

folder 5

National Committee1920-1939

folder 6-7

Commission on Provinces1925-1937

folder 8

Joint Committee to Consider the Matter of a See for the Presiding Bishop1944-1946

folder 9

Commission on Social Reconstruction1948

folder 10

Joint Commission on Social Service1916-1917

folder 11

Joint Commission on Theological Education1936

folder 12

Theological Reference Committee1941-1943

folder 13

The War Commission1917

folder 14

Committee on War and Religious Outlook1918

folder 15-23

Lambeth Conference1930-1938

folder 24-25

Universal Christian Conference on Life and Work1924

folder 26

World Conference on Faith and Order1914-1951

Ctn. 13, folder 1-19

World Conference on Faith and Order1910-1951

BOARDS, COUNCILS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND ASSOCIATIONS

Ctn. 14, folder 1

Advisory Council to the Presiding Bishop on Ecclesicastical Relations1943-1944

folder 2

American Ecclesiological Society1914-1916

folder 3

Bishop's Crusade1927

folder 4-5

Christianity & Crisis1939-1956

folder 6

The Church Historical Society1948-1951

folder 7-10

Church League for Industrial Democracy/The Episcopal League for Social Action1924-1951

folder 11

Church League for Service1919

folder 12

The Church Pension Fund1914-1928

folder 13

Christian Institute for American Democracy1941

folder 14

Church Publishing Association, Inc.1941

folder 15

Confraternity of Unity1927-1941

folder 16-21

The Episcopal Evangelical Fellowship1940-1943

folder 22

Episcopal Pacifist Fellowship1942-1943

folder 23-25

General Board of Religious Education1911-1920

folder 26

Historical Magazine1945-1946

folder 27-29

House of Bishops1920-1943

folder 30

The Living Church1928-1931, n.d.

folder 31

Modern Missions Movement1935

folder 32

National Council1924-1952

folder 33

National Student Council1925

folder 34

New York Training School for Deaconesses1940-1946

folder 35

Religious Education Association1914-1915

folder 36-37

South India1931-1947

Cartons 15-20

SERIES 5: ORGANIZATIONS AND SUBJECT FILES, 1886-1958.

Scope and Content Note

Contains materials relating to Parsons' work as a social activist outside the Episcopal church, both with secular and other
religious groups. These files reflect the wide variety of organizations and interests with which Parsons was involved, including
an extensive section documenting his work with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

Ctn. 15, folder 1-21

American Civil Liberties Union, Inc.1936-1957

folder 22

Albert M. Bender Memorial Trust1943-1947

folder 23

Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, Inc.1952-1953

folder 24

Alameda County Board of Public Welfare1915-1917

folder 25

American Committee for Armenian Syrian Relief1916-1918

folder 26

American Committee for Protection of Foreign Born1941-1942

folder 27-28

American Committee to Save Refugees1940-1941

folder 29

American Friends Service Committee1945-1951

folder 30

American Peace Mobilization1940-1950

folder 31

American Red Cross1941-1943

folder 32

American Rescue Ship Mission1941-1950

folder 33

American Youth for Democracy1944-1945

folder 34

The Anna Head School1947

folder 35

The Baby Hospital1914-1916

folder 36

Bay Area Council Against Discrimination1942-1943

Ctn. 16, folder 1-3

Berkeley, Calif. Commission of Public Charities1909-1918

folder 4

Berkeley, Calif. Federation of Churches1916-1918

folder 5

The Berkeley Club1911-1934

folder 6

Brent, Charles Henry1929

folder 7

California Campaign Federation1914-1918

folder 8

California Conference of Social Work1926-1927

folder 9

California Housing and Planning Association1942

folder 10

California Labor School, Inc.1944-1948

folder 11

California State Church Federation1914-1943

folder 12-13

California State Unemployment Committee1930-1942

folder 14

Campaign Committee for the Red-Light Abatement Bill1913

folder 15

Chit Chat Club1886-1954

folder 16

Christian Action1953-1954

folder 17

Citizens for Victory1942

folder 18

Citizens Victory Committee for Harry Bridges1941-1953

folder 19

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies1940-1941

folder 20

Committee on Militarism in Education1917-1930

folder 21

Committee for the Repeal of the Criminal Syndication Law1923

folder 22

Commission to Study the Organization of Peace1950

folder 23-26

Commonwealth Club of California1939-1954

folder 27

Community Chest1942

folder 28

Council of Social & Health Agencies of San Francisco1925

folder 29

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.1943-1945

folder 30

Council on Interchange1937

folder 31

Emergency Peace Campaign1928-1937

folder 32

The Family Relations Center1941-1943

Ctn. 17, folder 1-2

The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America1917-1944

folder 3

Federal Union, Inc.1941-1942

folder 4

Federation for Repeal of the Levering Act1951-1953

folder 5

The Fellowship of Reconciliation1915-1927

folder 6

The Fight for Freedom Committee1941

folder 7

Foreign Policy Association, Inc.1923-1949

folder 8

General Theological Seminary1914-1916

folder 9

The Golden Rule Foundation1929

folder 10

Howell, Norman S.1946

folder 11

Industrial Association of San Francisco1934

folder 12

The Interchurch World Movement of North America1919

folder 13

International Center1943-1945

folder 14-16

Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee1939-1953

folder 17

Korean Mission1912

folder 18

A League for Constructive Immigration Legislation1918-1927

folder 19

League for Independent Political Action1929-1930

folder 20

League of Free Nations Association1918-1919

folder 21-23

The League of Nations Associations, Inc.1922-1941

folder 24

League to Enforce Peace1915-1919

folder 25

The Medway Plan1949-1950

folder 26-27

The Melish Case1951-1956

folder 28

Mexico1926

folder 29-31

Mills College1913-1950

folder 32

Minersville Defense Committee1946

Ctn. 18, folder 1

National Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax1942-1944

folder 2

National Committee to Repeal the McCarran Act1951-1953

folder 3

The National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc.1943-1948

folder 4

National Conference on the Christian Way of Life1923

folder 5

National Council for Prevention of War1928-1938

folder 6

National Council of Churches of Christ1951-1953

folder 7

National Sharecroppers Fund, Inc.1943-1955

folder 8-9

Northern California Committee on Fairplay1941-1945

folder 10

Oakland Open Forum1914-1915

folder 11-12

Pacific Coast Council on Oriental Relations1920-1950

folder 13-18

Pacific Coast Theological Group1945-1958

folder 19

Pacific Japanese Mission1920-1922

folder 20

Pacific School of Religion1923-1938

folder 21

Pacifica Foundation1946-1954

folder 22

Panama-Pacific Exposition1913

folder 23

Pentacostal Movement1924-1928

folder 24

Pestalozzi Foundation1950

folder 25

Planned Parenthood1944-1953

folder 26

Post War World Council1942-1943

folder 27-28

Protestant Commission for Japanese Service1941-1943

Ctn. 19, folder 1-13

Rosenberg Foundation1935-1954

folder 14

Russian Theological Academy Fund1943

folder 15

Russian War Relief, Inc.1941-1947

folder 16

San Francisco Conference of Christians and Jews1941-1942

folder 17

San Francisco Urban League1946

folder 18

Save the Children Federation1941-1944

folder 19

Social Credit Association of California, Inc.1935-1937

folder 20

State Council of Defense of California1918

folder 21

Tom Mooney Molders Defense Committee1929-1932

folder 22

Unemployment and Labor Issues1931-1954

folder 23

White House Conference on Children in Democracy1941-1942

folder 24

World Affairs Council of Northern California1947

folder 25

World Alliance for International Friendship1929-1947

folder 26-29

World Council of Churches1942-1951

folder 30

World Peace Congress1950

folder 31

World War I1917

Ctn. 20, folder 1-3

Yale University1919-1953

folder 4

The Yanks are Coming Committee1940

folder 5-6

YMCA 1917-1937

folder 7-12

Miscellaneous Organizationsn.d.

folder 13-14

Miscellaneous Reports and Statementsn.d.

folder 15-20

Miscellaneous clippings and printed materialn.d.

Cartons 21-26, Carton 27, folders 1-80

SERIES 6: SERMONS AND ADDRESSES, 1892-1958.

Scope and Content Note

Divided into 3 subseries: Sermons; Addresses; and Sermons, Addresses, and Notes. Within each subseries, Parsons further categorized
his sermons and addresses numerically, alphabetically or by code, and sometimes by subject as well. Illustrating Parsons'
meticulous efforts at categorization and organization, and the evolution of his sermon preparations, nearly every sermon contains
notations about where and on which dates it was delivered. Sermons were regularly recycled and sometimes used as addresses
or vice versa. Early in his career, Parsons wrote complete sermons in a narrative style, although he often made use of symbols
to avoid repetition of words such as Christ. Around 1920, he began to abandon full narrative for notes in an outline format,
which eventually became quite brief. All headings are those used by Parsons, with the exception of Sermons, Addresses, and
Notes, which includes scraps of a variety of writings, fragmentary notes, and portions of larger, unidentifiable and often
undated works.

SERMONS

Ctn. 21, folder 1-51

1-138 [and not numbered]1892-1900

Ctn. 22, folder 1-60

139-602 [and not numbered]1900-1922

Ctn. 23, folder 1-95

[Not numbered]1923-1954, n.d.

Ctn. 24, folder 1-11

[Not numbered or dated]n.d.

folder 12-15

At consecrations1930-1950, n.d.

folder 16-77

0a-656a1893-1922

folder 78-79

x203-x2221914-1917

folder 80-95

Sermon Notesn.d.

folder 96-97

Sermon Notebooks1902

ADDRESSES

Ctn. 25, folder 1-3

Chit Chat Club1929-1954

folder 4

Church Divinity School of the Pacific1934-1954

folder 5

Commonwealth Club1950

folder 6

Convention Addresses1916-1958

folder 7

The Liberal Evangelicals1938-1940

folder 8

St. Mark's Club1915

folder 9

The Bishop and the Pastoral Relationship[1951-1952]

folder 10

Church and State1928-1949

folder 11

Unity [1919]

folder 12-13

Miscellaneous1935-1947, n.d.

folder 14-36

Addresses [by date]1900-1949

folder 37-44

Addressesn.d.

folder 45

Notebook of talks1947-1956

SERMONS, ADDRESSES, AND NOTES

Ctn. 26, folder 1-19

The Bible (302-378)1907-1910

folder 20-40

Missions (308-499)1909-1914

folder 41-57

Political, Suffrage, Conservation1916-1921

folder 58-75

Relief 1905-1920, n.d.

Ctn. 27, folder 1-10

Social (2c - 5c)1897-1907

folder 11-12

Social (X1 - X26)1910-1911

folder 13-17

Social (1 - 27)n.d.-1904

folder 18-27

Social (not numbered)1892-1920, n.d.

folder 28-41

Fragmentsn.d.

folder 42

Notes (300x-304x)1922

folder 43-77

Notes 1918-1941, n.d.

folder 78

Printed Sermons by Parsons1899-1950

folder 79

Printed Addresses from General Convention1921-1939

folder 80

Miscellaneous Printed Addressesn.d.

Carton 27, folders 81-90, Carton 28, folders 1-29

SERIES 7: WRITINGS, 1905-1961.

Scope and Content Note

Divided into 3 subseries: Books, Articles, and Other. Printed copies or tearsheets of articles and other writings are included
with manuscript drafts when available.

BOOKS

Ctn. 27, folder 81-82

The American Prayer Book1937

folder 83

Autobiographyn.d.

folder 84-86

Diocese of California: A Quarter Century1958

folder 87

The Protestant Episcopal Church and Unityn.d.

ARTICLES

Ctn. 27, folder 88

Asia's Challenge to American.d.

folder 89

The Conception of God 1927

folder 90

in
Christian Union Quarterly1930

Ctn. 28, folder 1-2

in
Christianity and Crisis1941-1956

folder 3

in
Church News1953

folder 4-5

in
The Churchman1921-1950

folder 5-7

in
Historical Magazine 1939-1961

folder 8-9

in
The Living Church1930-1946

folder 10

in
The Los Angeles Churchman1937

folder 11

in
Outlook 1924, n.d

folder 12-13

in
Pacific Churchman 1909-1946

folder 14

in
Southern Churchman 1944

folder 15

University of California Press1945

folder 16

in
The Witness 1936-1954

folder 17-18

Miscellaneous1915-1947, n.d.

OTHER

Ctn. 28, folder 19

Book Reviews1943-1952, n.d.

folder 20

Broadcasts[1947]

folder 21

Editorials1954

folder 22

Introductions1946-1953

folder 23

Letters to the Editor1910-1954, n.d.

folder 24

Newspaper Articles1935

folder 25

Ordinations1941-1945

folder 26

Prayers1917, n.d.

folder 27

Tributes and Memorialsn.d.

folder 28

Miscellaneous1923-1937, n.d.

folder 29

Miscellaneous printed pamphlets1905-1952, n.d.

Carton 28, folders 30-41, Carton 29, folders 1-46

SERIES 8: TEACHING: LECTURES, SEMINARS, AND NOTES, 1894-1948.

Scope and Content Note

Includes manuscripts and outlines for class lectures and seminars, teaching notes, and Sunday School Lessons, along with other
materials such as tests and syllabi which were used in his classes.

Ctn. 28, folder 30

Lectures1901

folder 31

Lecture Notes1917-1921, n.d.

folder 32-33

Seminar Papers1923-1945, n.d.

folder 34-41

Teaching Notes1913-1945, n.d.

Ctn. 29, folder 1-22

Class Notes1903-1948, n.d.

folder 23-32

Sunday School Lessons (2-33)1900-1902, n.d.

folder 33-34

Old Testament Psalter - Jobn.d.

folder 35-38

New Testament1894-1895, n.d.

folder 39-46

Miscellaneous notes and materialsn.d.

Carton 29, folders 47-62, Cartons 30-34; Box 1; Oversize Folder 1 A

SERIES 9: PERSONAL AND FAMILY PAPERS, 1874-1960.

Scope and Content Note

Parsons carried pocket notebooks with him and jotted down ideas, critical comments, and other information on a fairly regular
basis. Notebooks include these personal notes which he usually labeled "daily notes," as well as other notebooks containing
"reflections" on Bible passages, lengthy "meditations" on biblical themes, lists of Committees, and some accounts. Scrapbooks
consists of material Parsons collected in envelopes arranged chronologically by year, but never actually mounted in volumes.
These materials have been foldered and contain programs, invitations, itineraries, postcards, maps, occasional letters, and
clippings, and provide an overview of a his yearly itinerary. School Notes contains his class notes from Parsons' own years
as an undergraduate at Harvard and the New York Divinity School. Correspondence is an extensive collection of letters written
by Parsons to his family in 1919 from Europe, letters about his son Arthur who served with the American Friends of Greece
in the Second World War, correspondence concerning a call to a congregation in New York, general correspondence with family
members, and a few personal Papers about financial affairs. Also found here are letters of congratulation on Parsons' various
ordinations, anniversaries, and birthdays along with condolences on his wife's death, and personal tributes. Miscellaneous
includes Parsons' collection of poems and prayers, biographical material, ephemera, a number of personal books either with
notations or which he used in his career as a churchman, and clippings about Parsons and his career. An oversize folder contains
seven items of memorabilia including a poster for an evensong sermon by Parsons, a blueprint of a tablet by the Gorham Co.
for the Clark family vault, and printed certificates.

NOTEBOOKS

Ctn. 29, folder 47-59

Daily Notes1902-1947

folder 60-62

Reflections1901-1948

Ctn. 30, folder 1-30

Meditations1939-1957, n.d.

folder 31-32

Committee Notes1902-1909

folder 33-38

Account Books1889-1930, n.d.

folder 39

Library Inventoryn.d.

SCRAPBOOKS

Ctn. 30, folder 40-59

Yearly ephemera1892-1923

Ctn. 31, folder 1-30

Yearly ephemera1924-1943

Ctn. 32, folder 1-15

Yearly ephemera1944-1955

SCHOOL NOTES

Ctn. 32, folder 16-28

Notebooks for Individual Classes1888-1891

Ctn. 33, folder 1-4

Notebooks for Individual Classes1890-1892, n.d.

folder 5-7

Thesis 1891, n.d.

folder 8

Miscellaneous Class material1890

CORRESPONDENCE

Family

Box 1, folder 1-4

To wife and family1919

folder 5

Harriet Parsons1914

folder 6

Outgoing1946

folder 7

Incoming1938, n.d.

folder 8

Dallas, Dan and Stella1943-1944

folder 9

Laloe, Lillian1936-1941

Miscellaneous

Box 1, folder 10-11

American Friends of Greece1940-1947

folder 12

Church of the Incarnation, Madison St.1917

folder 13

Parsons, Berthan.d.

folder 14

Financial1922-1928

Tributes and Condolences

Ctn. 33, folder 9

Tenth Anniversary at St. Mark's1913-1914

folder 10-23

Appointment as Coadjutor1919

folder 24-25

Tenth Anniversary - Bishop of California1929

folder 26-27

Retirement1940

folder 28-30

Letters of Appreciation1926-1940, n.d.

folder 31-32

Birthday greetings1948, 1953

folder 33

Christmas Cardsn.d.

folder 34

On eye operation1933

folder 35

On Death of Bertha Parsons1935

folder 36

Memberships1946-1947

folder 37-38

Speeches and Addresses1927-1956

MISCELLANEOUS

Ctn. 33, folder 39-40

Prayers and Poemsn.d.

folder 41-42

Biographical Materialn.d.

folder 43

Ephemeran.d.

oversize Oversize, folder , 1 A

Memorabilia1930, n.d.

Ctn. 34, folder 1

Holy Bible 1875

folder 2

Book of Common Prayer1929

folder 3

Prayer Book 1893

folder 4

The Bishop's Agenda1895

folder 5

Altar Services Book1893

folder 6-7

Printed Addresses by Others1874-1939

folder 8-12

Printed miscellanyca. 1900-1960

folder 13-19

Clippingsn.d.

Carton 35

SERIES 10: MASSEY SHEPHERD RESEARCH ON PARSONS, ca. 1950-1968.

Scope and Content Note

Shepherd's research was collected for a biography of Parsons. Parsons participated actively in its writing and much of the
material in this series consists of material and correspondence Parsons removed from his personal files and sent to Shepherd
to facilitate his research and writing. Other material was collected by Shepherd from friends, college classmates, church
members, and colleagues. The series begins with Shepherd's manuscript and a copy of the completed book. Chapter manuscripts
often have corrections or suggestions in Parsons' hand and sometimes include a lengthy hand or typewritten criticism separately.
The book is followed by correspondence and research files, arranged by subject.